Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census; United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Summary:

This data collection is comprised of data from the
January, May, July, and November iterations of the 2005 Current
Population Survey (CPS). In each of these months, two sets of questions were
administered: the basic CPS questions, and a supplemental
survey questionnaire on the topics of unemployment insurance and
unemployment compensation. The supplement interviews were conducted in two rotations of four separate months (January, May, July, and
November) in 2005 then merged into one dataset.
The CPS, administered monthly, is a labor force surve... (more info)

This data collection is comprised of data from the
January, May, July, and November iterations of the 2005 Current
Population Survey (CPS). In each of these months, two sets of questions were
administered: the basic CPS questions, and a supplemental
survey questionnaire on the topics of unemployment insurance and
unemployment compensation. The supplement interviews were conducted in two rotations of four separate months (January, May, July, and
November) in 2005 then merged into one dataset.

The CPS, administered monthly, is a labor force survey providing
current estimates of the economic status and activities of the
population of the United States. Specifically, the CPS provides
estimates of total employment (both farm and nonfarm), nonfarm
self-employed persons, domestics and unpaid helpers in nonfarm family
enterprises, wage and salaried employees, and estimates of total
unemployment. Data from the CPS are provided for the week prior to the
survey.

The supplement was designed for proxy responses, meaning a single
respondent could provide answers for all eligible household members,
provided the respondent was a household member and met the sampling
universe criteria. The supplement was asked of persons in the labor
force aged 16 years and older, who met one of the following specific
labor force conditions: (1) unemployed individual on layoff, (2)
unemployed job seeker who worked in the last 12 months, (3) unemployed
job seeker who last worked more than 12 months ago, (4) unemployed job
seeker who worked before beginning to search for a job, but responded with
"refuse," "don't know," or "blank" to the CPS labor force item of when
last worked, and (5) individual not currently classified as unemployed
but has not worked in the last 12 months. If any person in a household
was eligible for the supplement, then the entire household was
included in the dataset.

The supplement contained person-level questions structured to
determine whether or not an individual had applied for unemployment
compensation. Individuals who had applied for compensation were asked
if they had received the compensation. If they had not received any
compensation, then the individuals were asked why they had not
received the compensation. Data are also provided on the number of
unemployed persons. Demographic variables include age, sex, race,
Hispanic origin, marital status, veteran status, educational
attainment, occupation, and income.

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census, and United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Population Survey, 2005: Unemployment Insurance (UI) Non-Filers Supplement. ICPSR04689-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2012-10-24. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04689.v2

Universe:
The basic CPS universe consists of all households in the civilian
noninstitutional population of the United States. The supplement
universe was civilian non-institutional population, age 16 and older,
who had completed the CPS labor force interview and met specific
conditions related to being unemployed, and whose month-in-sample was
four or eight. If the household had any person eligible for the
supplement, then the entire household was included in the dataset.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

Users are strongly encouraged to refer to the User Guide (produced by the Principal Investigators), which contains not only information about the basic CPS survey, but also detailed technical documentation specific to the supplement. In particular, Attachment 8 of the User Guide contains the supplement questionnaire.

The universe statements for each variable are defined in either the basic or supplement record layout, which are located in Attachments 6 and 7, respectively, of the User Guide.

ICPSR removed all FILLER and PADDING variables from the data. As a result, the column locations in any ICPSR-released data product (e.g., codebook and setup files) will have column locations that are not consistent with locations described in the User Guide.

Methodology

Sample:
A multistage probability sample was selected to represent
the universe of approximately 56,000 households per month.
Approximately 73,000, 72,000, 71,000, and 71,000 housing units were
selected for sample from the mixed sampling frame in January, May,
July, and November 2005, respectively. Based on eligibility criteria,
11 percent of these housing units were sent directly to
computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI). The remaining units
were assigned to interviewers for computer-assisted personal
interviewing (CAPI). Of all the housing units in the sample, about
61,000 were determined to be eligible for interview in January, and
60,000 in each of the other three months. Interviewers obtained
interviews at about 56,000 of these units in January, and 55,000 in
each of the other three months.

Weight:
The data contain one weight variable (PWSUPWGT) which is to be used for tallying records in the file. Users are strongly encouraged to refer to the User Guide for additional information on the weight was derived.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:2008-04-15

Version History:

2012-10-24 The ASCII data for this collection have been completely replaced. The data collection has been updated to include SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files for use with the new data. Also included in the update are a corresponding SAS transport (CPORT) file, SPSS system file, Stata system file, and a tab-delimited version of the new ASCII data.